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Britain's colonial botany, tiny landscapes and great bohemian outlaws the week in art

UK exhibitions showcase colonial botanical history, miniature landscapes, Egyptian influence, queer modernists, and contemporary international artists, highlighted by Frieze's extravagance.

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Hieroglyphs and Homeware: Sir John Soane's Museum explores Britain's Egyptian obsession

Although Soane himself never travelled to Egypt, he was deeply fascinated by its ancient culture - famously acquiring the sarcophagus of Seti I for his house collection. Yet, for all his admiration, Soane was dismissive of the Egyptomania sweeping through Georgian society, where Egyptian motifs were plastered onto anything that could be decorated. He regarded this craze as a form of early cultural appropriation, trivialising the civilisation he revered.

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Britain's colonial botany, tiny landscapes and great bohemian outlaws the week in art

Hieroglyphs and Homeware: Sir John Soane's Museum explores Britain's Egyptian obsession

#egyptian-influence
#egyptian-influence